Vocabulary Word
Word: extirpate
Definition: root up; uproot; destroy completely
Definition: root up; uproot; destroy completely
Sentences Containing 'extirpate'
Because the holy fathers could not extirpate the custom, they ordained that Christians should carry about candles in honor of the Blessed Virgin; and thus what was done before in the honor of Ceres is now done in honor of the Blessed Virgin.